Notes on the Net

Been commenting a bit more on Doc's Blog lately
He did a stint in the hospital (Harvard) and I felt compelled to throw in a quip from time to time.

We barely got to know one another via PCForum, some shared interests

Maybe more important was the fact that we are a few weeks apart in age, some similar life experiences, and both sorta "old techies" embracing some of the internet formats and forms.

Doc Searls Weblog : Hallelujah

Anyway, point of the post is that there is an asynchronous, factor at work. At my age, I may slip in banter and repartee in "real time" (a relative term).

There is a quasi-time in asynchronous communication that allows reflection, the latent "ah-ha" and all the functions of a too full for real time reaction memory.

Reference this :
http://looneydunes.blogspot.com/search?q=older+brains

"When older people can no longer remember names at a cocktail party, they tend to think that their brainpower is declining. But a growing number of studies suggest that this assumption is often wrong.

Instead, the research finds, the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a clutter of information, often to its long-term benefit."

Here's to another 30 yrs Doc ...